Tool carrier assembly for use at a lathe and lathe having such tool carrier assembly

Tool carrier assembly for use at a machine tool, which machine tool comprises at least one workpiece-carrying spindle for rotatably driving a workpiece received in the at least one workpiece-carrying spindle, the tool carrier assembly comprising:

• a first slide being movable in a first direction, the first direction being arranged transverse or perpendicular to a spindle axis of rotation of the at least one workpiece-carrying spindle,
• a tool carrier configured to hold a plurality of tools arranged adjacent to each other along the first direction, the tool carrier being supported on the first slide,
• a tool drive unit including a tool drive for engaging with one tool of the plurality of tools held by the tool carrier to rotatably drive said one tool, when said one tool is arranged at a tool drive position with respect to the tool drive, and
• a drive mechanism for driving movement of the first slide together with the tool carrier in the first direction relative to the tool drive position, when the tool drive is disengaged with said one tool, to relatively move another tool of the plurality of tools into the tool drive position.